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The Vikings reached as far west as Newfoundland, but did they also venture into Africa, the Middle East and Asia?

Rivets found at the site hint that the burial mound once housed a pre-Viking ship.

The discovery includes two roughly 1,200-year-old brooches, made from bronze and once gilded with gold, that may have belonged to an aristocratic woman.

The Viking Age weapon was discovered by a homeowner clearing land for an extension.

Viking boat graffiti like this record-setting carving are usually "extremely poorly done."

A metal detectorist has unearthed two hoards of Viking silver in a field in Denmark, including coins made during the reign of the powerful Danish king Harald Bluetooth.

Ground-penetrating radar has revealed the outline of a Viking ship in a mound in southwest Norway that was once thought to be empty.

Forty years after her father stored them away, a woman discovered 32 identical iron ingots that Vikings may have used as a form of currency.

Climate change that led to sea level rise and severe coastal flooding could explain why the Vikings abandoned their Greenland settlements.

The Viking shields found on the Gokstad ship in 1880 were not strictly ceremonial and may have been used in hand-to-hand combat, according to a new analysis.